Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil has urged all stakeholders, including government and non-government agencies, industry, scientific community and activists, to create higher levels of awareness about scientific waste management practices.
“India is the world’s fifth largest economy which is aspiring to be a dollar five trillion economy in a few years. This cannot happen without rapid industrialisation and the process is on as we can all see. However, we cannot lose sight of the fact that industries produce large amount of hazardous and non-hazardous waste material. There has to be increased focus on the importance of scientific waste management practices so that pollution levels are reduced. To achieve that, we need to create awareness about issues related to environment protection and conservation. All stakeholders should work towards it,” he said.
He was speaking at the valedictory function of an international conference on “Hazardous Materials Management and Environmental Practices” at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) here on Tuesday.
